Dracula, or, There’s Some Horrors in This House
Some quick thoughts about Hammer’s 1958 classic Horror of Dracula. (Spoilers for a movie from almost 70 years ago)
Tuesday Tune Two-Fer: Sooner or Later
Two tangentially-related tunes for two dozen other dirty lovers
The Innocents and the surprising rarity of satisfying ghost stories
My thoughts on the 1961 film The Innocents and how hard it is to find a good old-fashioned haunting
Reaction Heroes
A simple yet shockingly insightful observation about super-hero inflation and bringing the stakes back into action movies
One Thing I Like About One Battle After Another
One Battle After Another is full of outstanding performances and virtuosic, genuinely daring filmmaking. I just wish more of it had connected with me.
One Thing I Like About Dead of Winter
Almost certainly the only review of the Emma Thompson thriller that compares it to Paddington
Martyrs to Degradation
Making sense of the process of turning off the noise without losing the core of what you’re trying to protect
Tuesday Tune Two-Fer: Any Minute Now
Two tunes that take forever to get started and frankly are better for it
Vast and Trunkless Legs of Stone
The people pumping up the generative AI bubble are so lazy that they’ve skipped over a crucial part of the whole pitch
Cinematic Smackdown: The Tragedy of Macbeth vs True Grit
What happens when Joel Coen brings the full force of his filmmaking skills to an adaptation
Tuesday Tune Two-Fer: F-f-f-Foolin’ the Rain
Two tangentially-related tunes from my totally hardcore adolescence
Tuesday Tune Two-Fer: Point/Counter-point: Why Were We Born?
Two tangentially related tunes asking the big questions